The Jumping Lunge Exercise

Video Transcript

"The next exercise we'll do is a plyometric lunge jump. This exercise is also advanced, so I only recommend this one if you are an advanced exerciser with healthy knees and joints. It's a little bit more advanced than the squat jump that I just showed you. We're going to start from wide stance, okay? Once again, make sure the knee does not come past your toe. From here, bring your arms out for balance, especially if you have never tried this exercise before. From here what you'll do is you're going to start in your lunge position and you'll immediately switch to the other leg. It looks a little bit like this. Keep your thigh parallel to the ground; don't need to come all the way down. You can also change this exercise up a little bit by doing it just on one leg which is a little bit more difficult. This looks like this. Go straight up and then down. Straight up and down. It takes quite a bit of balance and control, so I recommend you start slowly. Start with a few repetitions and see how that feels first, and then increase your rep range as you start to become more confident, as your balance improves and as you gain strength and power."